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British Prime Minister suspends parliament amidst pressure over no-deal Brexit plans

Wednesday, 28 August 2019 8:35 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 29 August 2019 1:40 AM ]

Ahmed Kaballo
Press TV, London

The suspension of parliament from the middle of next month would mean MPs losing a number of days at Westminster, during which they could have attempted to legislate against a no-deal Brexit.

However, many within the house simply do not agree and the move has sparked outrage with several MPs accusing Boris Johnson of acting like a “tin-pot dictator”.

It would be a constitutional outrage if Parliament were prevented from holding the government to account at a time of national crisis. Profoundly undemocratic.

Despite often maintaining political neutrality even the House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow, weighed in calling Johnson’s proposed suspension it a constitutional outrage.

"It is blindingly obvious that the purpose of prorogation now would be to stop parliament debating Brexit and performing its duty in shaping a course for the country".

On Tuesday Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn met with a coalition of party leaders and senior MPs opposed to no-deal. A cross-party group of around 160 MPs have signed a declaration to support doing "whatever is necessary" to stop a no-deal Brexit.

The opposition parties could pass legislation to force the prime minister to seek a further extension to the Article 50 further delaying Brexit or in a more drastic move, table a no-confidence motion in Johnson's government in an attempt at ousting him from office. Unfazed Johnson says he is prepared to take Brexit talks with the European Union down to the very last minute and crash out without a deal if necessary. But only 2 months away from the Brexit deadline, he has proposed drastic changes to the current deal negotiated under Theresa May.

Number 10 sources say the Prime Minister’s strategy is working and progress is being with the UK’s European partners because the bloc now realizes London is serious about leaving on October 31 - no ifs, no buts.

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